Re: About multilingual websites

2009-11-26 Thread Larry E. Masters aka PhpNut
> > > 5) Change the extension of the result file from .pot to .po so that > you can open it with Poedit. > You do not change the extension to .po. Poedit will open this as a template file using the settings for the specific language you are translating to. Look for: File > New catalog from POT f

Re: About multilingual websites

2009-11-26 Thread thomaus
Forget about my previous post, it's completely mistaken. Ok, I found a way to get .po files. 1) You have to type : "cake i18n extract" or "cake/console/cake i18n extract" 2) Once you get : > Welcome to CakePHP v1.2.4.8284 Console > ---

Re: About multilingual websites

2009-11-26 Thread thomaus
Ok, I found a way to get .po files. 1) You have to type : "cake i18n extract" or "cake/console/cake i18n extract" 2) Once you get : > Welcome to CakePHP v1.2.4.8284 Console > --- > App : app > Path: /Users/thomaus/Sites/MyApp/app > -

Re: About multilingual websites

2009-11-25 Thread thomaus
Thanks, For 1: I tried what you said and I get exactly the same, i.e. : Welcome to CakePHP v1.2.4.8284 Console --- App : app Path: /Users/thomas/Sites/MyApp/app --- What is the

Re: About multilingual websites

2009-11-24 Thread Martin Westin
Hi, For 1: If Cake has trouble figuring out where your app is (for some reason). The simple workaround is to specify it with the full path: /Users/thomaus/Sites/MyApp/cake/consol/cake -app /Users/thomaus/Sites/ MyApp/app i18n extract That is the foolproof and disgustingly verbose way of making s

Re: About multilingual websites

2009-11-24 Thread thomaus
Hi, Thanks for your answer. 1) I tried to do "../cake/consol/cake i18n extract" from my /MyApp/ app/ path and it says: Welcome to CakePHP v1.2.4.8284 Console --- App : app Path: /Users/thomas/Sites/MyApp/app

Re: About multilingual websites

2009-11-23 Thread Larry E. Masters aka PhpNut
Ignore this section in the manual it in incorrect: "Remember that po files are useful for short messages, if you find you want to translate long paragraphs, or even whole pages - you should consider implementing a different solution. e.g.:" http://cakedc.com/ uses entire paragraphs. http://cakeq

About multilingual websites

2009-11-23 Thread thomaus
Hi there, One month ago, I did a multilanguage website using CakePHP but putting all the multilangual content in my dB. >From what I read today, this was the right way to display short messages in various languages with CakePHP : http://book.cakephp.org/view/162/Internationalizing-Your-Applicatio